Science and Exploration

This Week at NASA Recap: A New NASA Mars Rover and More

By Marc Boucher
Status Report
December 10, 2012
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This Week at NASA Recap: A New NASA Mars Rover and More

NASA will launch a new rover to Mars in 2020. That plan was among the science news NASA made at the 2012 Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union in San Francisco.
Also, Voyager 1 travels “magnetic highway”; Van Allen Probes reveal structures and dynamics in Earth’s radiation belts; Kelly and Kornienko on mission; new ISS crew; astro Joe goes social; Curious in Times Square; fainting booms; Climate Day; and, more!

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